Congress votes to pass a budget deal to avert what would be the first US federal government shutdown since 2019.

The US Congress has averted a Christmastime government shutdown after weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the wire, passing a bill to fund federal agencies through mid-March.

The U.S. Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilizing government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season.

The package's passage averted a shutdown, saving Christmas for 800,000 workers

WASHINGTON: The United States Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday (Dec 21) in a down-to-the-wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilising government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season. The Democratic-controlled Senate in an 85-11 vote passed the Bill to contin

Both houses of the US Congress have passed a funding bill to avert an 11th-hour shutdown of the federal government.

The bipartisan plan that will temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid was rushed through just after the midnight deadline.

The U.S. Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilizing government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season. The Democratic-controlled Senate in an 85-11 vote passed the bill to continue government funding 38 minutes after it expired at…

The measure was signed into law after a last-minute approval in the Senate

WASHINGTON: A legislation was passed by the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Friday that would avert a midnight government shutdown, defying President-elect Donald Trump's demand...

President Biden has indicated he will sign it

A partial government shutdown went into effect at 12:01am Saturday morning after Congress failed to pass a stopgap bill in time.

The House approved a bill to avert a government shutdown — hours before the midnight deadline. The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration.

The Senate passed the measure, sending it to President Biden’s desk, shortly after the midnight deadline for funding to lapse.

‘We will not have a government shutdown,’ Mike Johnson said.

The Senate passed a spending package Saturday to keep the federal government funded through March and avoid a disruptive shutdown. The bill now heads to President Biden's desk.

Trump’s sudden entrance into the debate and new demands days before a deadline to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown sent Congress spiraling.

President-elect Donald J. Trump is known for his tight grip on members of his party, but the rare rejection of his demand to suspend the debt limit reflected a disconnect that could plague his policy agenda.

A day before a potential government shutdown, in a vote punctuated by angry outbursts over the self-made crisis, the lawmakers fell well short of the two-thirds threshold needed for passage.

The rebels are largely the most conservative lawmakers who are passionate about slashing spending and debt. They hail from deep-red districts where a primary challenge is less of a danger.

President Joe Biden, who has played a less public role in the process throughout a turbulent week, was expected to quickly sign the measure into law.

WASHINGTON: Republican hardliners who normally are ardent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are resisting his push to raise the US debt ceiling, sticking to their belief that government spending needs to be pruned and defying his warnings of revenge. Some 38 House of Representatives Republicans vo

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a federal government shutdown.

President-elect Donald Trump has called on Congress to raise or eliminate the debt ceiling.He said doing so before he takes office would put the onus on